1901 — Walter Elias Disney is born December 5
1923 — Walt and his brother Roy start the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio
1928 — Mickey Mouse first appears in a cartoon
1955 — Disneyland opens in California on July 17
— The Mickey Mouse Club TV show debuts
1964 — Four Disney exhibits appear at the New York World’s Fair
1965 — Walt announces he’ll build a new theme park in Florida
1966 — Walt Disney dies December 15 at age sixty-five
1971 — Walt Disney World opens on October 1
1975 — Space Mountain, the first Walt Disney World roller coaster, opens
1982 — Epcot opens October 1
1989 — Disney-MGM Studios (later renamed Hollywood Studios) and Typhoon Lagoon open
1995 — Blizzard Beach Water Park opens
1998 — Disney’s Animal Kingdom opens on April 22
2011 — Star Tours—The Adventures Continue opens at Hollywood Studios
2016 — Disney Springs opens
2017 — Pandora—The World of Avatar opens in May